Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-01-27
THAT ELECTION BET.
More About the Election Bet Which
Winds Up I'm a Justices Court
The Facts i'm the Ease.

Inc factS III TIC Casts
As mentioned exclusively IN the
LEDGER at different times during the
past week, there is quite an interes-
ting election betting case pending be-
fore one of the Justices of the Peace
of this city. Though We gave about
all of the facts in the case, we sup
pressed the real names of the parties
concerned, but as the matter is in
court and the public is quite anxious
to know the facts in the case, we re-
fer to the matter again. Some time
previous to the primaries last sum
mel +. n. Frost bet $50 with Geo.
N. Gill that Clay would receive more
votes in the city of Mexico than
Locke, while Renfro Gibbs was
agreed upon as stakeholder. After
the PRIMARIES, the money, 500, was
turned over to Gill by Gibbs, who,
as stakeholder and referee, decided
that he (Gill) had won. Some days
ago, Frank n. Frost, one of the prin-
cipals in the bet, brought suit against
Gibbs, claiming the $50, and in his
petition to the court estates that the
defendant is indebted to him in the
sum of $50, for money had and re-
ceived by defendant of plaintiff on
day of July, 1886. In said sum
of $50 that on this day of July.
1886, plaintiff demanded the same of
defendant, which defendant refused
to and fails to pay. Plaintiff asks
judgment for said sum of $50 and all
costs" Frost's attorneys are Fry
and Nfosby. Geo. Robertson is at
torney for defendant. The case was
first set for trial before Justice Win
scott for January 18th, but a change
of venue was taken to Squire Bass
court for trial on January q, when ii
was put off until ten o'clock to-day.
At that hour, when the case was
opened, a change of venue was taken
to the court Squire Harris, but the
day of trial has not yet been set the
claim of prejudice being made in both
changes. A motion made yesterday
before Squire Bass, to have plain
tiff give bond for costs, was sustained
by the court, and the bond was Civ
en-. Since the case was first brought
into the courts, it has transpired that
Messrs Frost and Gill are not the only
ones concerned in the bet, but that
the $50 put up by Frost was owned
by three parties, S. B. Cook, Frank
Coatsworth and f. n. Frost, while
f. d. Graham was concerned with Mr..
Gill. AS we stated before, the case
is being watched with a great deal of
interest by outsiders, and the result
is being anxiously awaited.
The day of trial has not yet been
set in Squire Harris's Court, but, it
is presumed, the matter will not be
touched until after Circuit Court
adjourns.
In Mexico, Mo-, a city less than
half the size of Hannibal, the electric
light plant is owned and operated by
j. F. Llewellyn, a druggist. He
put in arc light and furnished lights
to the different public buildings and
to the city. He, however, was not
content with that, but experimental
with some eight or ten incsndesent
lights, with apparatus to attach to
the arc light circuit, and finally
adopted the United States Long Dis
lance Incandescent Lighting system,
and is putting the lights into many
places which could not afford an arc
light or where it was not practical.
The light is very fine and it is said is
furnished at about one-half the cost
of gas. Were the electric lights in
Hannibal in the hands of q company
we should urge it to put in the mean
descent light at once. As it is, we
will await and consider the report of
the auditor and electric light commit
tee at the next Council meeting be-
fore we advocate such q scheme
Hannibal Journal.